Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Platter: Eugenia
Object Number:
1948.475c
Date:
1904
Medium:
Whiteware/Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. ( 5.7 x 39.4 x 27.3 cm )
Marks:
painted: on front in gold: "EUGENIA"
printed: in green on base: "SHAW(on ribbon)/NEW YORK/6-29" with lion; "WARWICK" on curved rectangle with knight's helmet above, crossed swords
Description:
Molded whiteware platter(with foliage or flowers in low relief); rimmed in gold and decorated with crossed flags (2) in blue with red cross and red with blue stripe and one white star with gold poles and inscriptions generally near rim.
Gallery Label:
This platter was part of the dinner service of the steam yacht "Eugenia" (Length:113 feet; Waterline: 91 feet, 6 inches), which was deisgned by W.G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Co., in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1904; the yacht was intended for John B. Herrshoff. The donor was the yacht's last owner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Paul H. Downing
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
